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Voice-to-text with push-to-talk functionality for Wayland compositors

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1.5k stars141 forksLast push Sep 10, 2026 Rust MIT

Decision brief

Voxtype is an offline voice-to-text tool for Wayland compositors and supports major desktop environments like GNOME, KDE, Sway, Hyprland with Rust programming for Linux users.

Good fit when

  • When you need a voice-to-text solution on the Linux platform that operates offline without needing internet access.
  • If your primary work environment uses Wayland compositors such as GNOME, KDE Plasma 5.x+, Sway, or Hyprland and seeks push-to-talk functionality for enhanced dictation accuracy.

Avoid when

  • When you are working with older Linux distributions that do not support glibc 2.38+ as Voxtype requires a newer runtime.
  • If your environment does not use Wayland and you prefer software that supports X11 exclusively without the need for push-to-talk functionality.

Observed Jul 17, 2026 · Source: enrich:decision_facts

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Maintenance and security

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Active (9d since push)
As of Sep 20, 2026
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Not a fork · Personal account
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No lockfile
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Install

cargo add voxtype
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Overview

Voxtype is an offline voice-to-text solution designed specifically for users of the Wayland display server ecosystem in Linux environments, supporting various desktop environments including GNOME, KDE, Sway, and Hyprland.

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rust, javascript

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README

Quick Start Most users should install a pre built package. The steps below are for building from source. Metal (macOS/Apple Silicon) HIP/ROCm (AMD alternative) Arch Linux: install the core runtime plus the plugin/driver for your device sudo pacman S openvino openvino intel npu pl...

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